This statistic displays the percentage of adults in the U.S. who believed select sources should be responsible for financing people’s health care and long-term care needs as they age, as of 2016, by ethnicity. It was found that 63 percent of black respondents believed the government should pay for the health care and long-term care needs of people as they age, compared to 38 percent of white respondents.
Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (April 27, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity." Chart. April 27, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Believed Select Sources Should Be Responsible for Paying Aging People’s Health Care Needs as of 2016, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 22, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. adults who believed select sources should be responsible for paying aging people’s health care needs as of 2016, by ethnicity [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, April 27, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/725517/us-sources-responsible-for-financing-elder-health-care-and-long-term-care-by-ethnicity/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
